Thus, the relatively extensive chap− ter explaining the idea, the emphasis on the role of collaboration among various 5 institutions, highlighting of the necessity to include ongoing exploitation and mod− ernization expenses in the total costs of the system, as well as underlining of the significance of educating inhabitants. [...] During the realization of the OSIRIS project, entitled Operational Solutions for the management of Inundation Risks in the Information Society (part of the Fifth Frame− 8 work Program of the European Union), the team solidified and acquired experience in international collaboration. [...] Here a certain observation needs to be made, and I admit that in these predatory and bureaucratic times, it is a pleasure for me to say that without the sensitivity of the team of employees in the Department of Water Resources at the Ministry of the Environment, and in particular of one person, who could be called the ‘guardian angel’ of our collaboration, such projects as this compendium could no. [...] Characteristics of the flood hazard The scope of the materials to be prepared as a point of departure for building a warning system should be quite broad—this will facilitate understanding of the causes and magnitude of the hazard, as well as enable identification of the land areas which are most at risk for losses. [...] COSTS OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A SYSTEM The costs of a system are comprised of several elements: cost of preparing the plan, cost of building the system, and cost of maintaining it.
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